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Emoji make a short message feel human without turning every response into another paragraph. In [Chat](chat.md), you can place emoji in a message, react to something another person said, or use an Award to give a valuable shared-chat contribution extra recognition. These choices serve different purposes. Emoji inside a message help express your own thought. Reactions acknowledge a specific message in Activity Chat or Direct Messages. Awards are quick item-level appreciation reserved for shared A

Direct Messages give you a private conversation space with one person or a group. They use the familiar [Chat](chat.md) message experience, but the conversation belongs to its participants rather than to a space activity. Open **Messages** to see your conversations, choose who you want to talk with, and continue the discussion through topics, messages, files, or a meeting. Direct Messages are private to the people in the conversation. They are not published to a space, and Visual Space does not

Chat keeps conversation close to the work and people it belongs with. Members can discuss an activity in shared space context, preserve what matters in a topic summary, or move to a private one-to-one or group conversation without learning a different message experience. The result is more than a stream of short updates. Live discussion can point to goals, carry useful files, become an article, or lead into a meeting, while topics give the conversation a structure that people can understand afte

This walkthrough adds a custom emoji to your space, checks that people can use it in Chat, and removes it when it no longer belongs in the catalog. It is useful when your space wants a recognizable symbol, shared joke, or project-specific reaction for live conversation.

Chat administration lets a space shape the expressive tools available in its live conversations. This public administration guide is limited to controls verified for space owners and members with **Manage Chat** access.

Custom emoji give a space its own visual shorthand for live conversation. Members can use the active catalog in Chat and Meetings, while the space owner and members with **Manage Chat** access maintain what appears there. This is a shared space resource, not a personal emoji collection. A space can have up to **50 active custom emoji**, and each name must be unique within that space.

Activity Chat keeps live conversation attached to the work that gives it meaning. Instead of opening a general space-wide stream, members enter an activity, read the discussion around its current topic, and respond with the activity’s goals, files, participants, and progress close at hand. This structure helps both active contributors and people catching up later. Messages carry the immediate exchange, while topic boundaries and summaries preserve what the conversation accomplished.

Use this walkthrough when a concise article draft needs room for explanation, evidence, tables, or supporting images. You will turn the draft into a structured long-form article, check how its headings guide readers, and leave the latest body changes safely saved.

A useful chat message does not have to disappear into the conversation. This walkthrough turns one shared space-chat message into an article, gives you a chance to shape its feed introduction and longer explanation, and helps you confirm the published result.

Use this walkthrough to start a focused discussion about one part of a published article, add and manage your own replies, and understand what changes when a comment or complete topic is deleted.